The Advisory Board has the task of providing both content and technical consultation support to the management of the programme partners for the implementation of the “National Innovation Programme for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology” (NIP). In this context, its consultation support extends especially to:
- The merging of individual strategies into an overall programme on the basis of the National Development Plan
- Regular evaluation of the consistency and relevance of the overall programme, and
- European and international aspects.
Furthermore, the tasks of the Advisory Board encompass following aspects:
- The coordination of interests between partners and establishing consensus
- The exchange of information between government, industry and science
- Feedback to the various relevant sectors or Ministries
The board is comprised of representatives from the following 18 interest groups:
Government:
Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs (BMVBS)
Stefan Schmitt
Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi)
Dr. Georg Menzen
Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU)
Wolfgang Müller
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Dr. Karsten Hess
Representatives of the federal states
Dr. Heinz Baues, Heinrich Klingenberg (without voting rights)
Science:
Helmholtz Association for Research & Development
Prof. Detlef Stolten
Research & Development Institutes/Universities
Prof. Ulrich Wagner
Education
Prof. Jürgen Garche
Industry / Application:
Mobility – passenger cars
Dr. Sabine Spell
Mobility – commercial vehicles
Peter Fröschle
Domestic energy supply
Joachim Berg
Industrial applications
Johannes Schiel
Specific applications
Prof. Werner Tillmetz
Fuel cell components manufacturing
Dr. Silke Wagener
Infrastructure:
Fuel industry
Patrick Schnell
Hydrogen production
Dr. Oliver Weinmann
Hydrogen delivery
Dr. Joachim Wolf
Network supply
Andreas Ballhausen
